Gun ownership and firearm-related deaths

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 873-876

  Bangalore, Sripal ^a   Messerli, Franz H ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Firearm deaths; Gun ownership; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FIREARM DEATHS; GUN OWNERSHIP; MENTAL ILLNESS;

CRIME; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OWNERSHIP; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84884514800     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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